Tag: Funk
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Remembering Allee Willis
Do you know this song? Or this one? Both were written by Allee Willis, who passed away on December 24th of heart failure. A prolific writer, she was nominated for a Tony for A Color Purple soundtrack and won a Grammy for the same as well as several other nominations and wins at…
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Taken From My Shazam – Funky President
Listened and shazamed this tune in September 2015. Great funk from the Godfather Of Soul himself, Mr. James Brown. Funky President (People It’s Bad) was released as a single in 1974 and appeared on his 1974 album Reality. Apparently this track is one of his most sampled and the wah wah guitar has been used…
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The 7:40 Songbook – March 7, 2014
So sue me. Been cheating on the dates as it took me a day between thinking up the 740 and actually implementing it. That means that the 7th is actually the 6th’s tune. Clear as mud? Going forward the weekend will be a time of #1’s, remembrance, new Canadian releases and top 500’s, maybe the…
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Remembering Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey, guitarist extraordinaire, passed away on May 30, 2012. He was 68. He was a session guitar player at Chess Records until 1973, playing on recordings by Etta James, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, among many others. In 1973, he joined the Miles Davis Band and played with them until 1975. When the band…
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Song of The Day – Marvin Gaye – “Heavy Love Affair”
Marvin Gaye. Not much to say about one of the greats. Terrific singer, smooth R&B guy who is missed to this day. It is hard to believe he died in 1984, holy crap. I heard this song on my way to work the other day and was blown away….again. – Heavy…
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